SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
MIDDLE EAST
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
EARLY WARNING | Why the Islamic Caliphate May Presage Change
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
CURRENT ESTIMATE | The “Khorasan Pledge” and Sunni Jihadist Rivalry
RESOURCES
ESSENTIAL READING | Business Unusual
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Pacific Overtures: the Crescendo Builds
A new strategic framework is now becoming established in the Pacific, but it is far from settled.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Africa Transforms, But Confused US Policies Push it Toward China
The US Obama White House seeks to retain Western influence over Africa — partially through its Africa Leaders Summit — while ceding strategic “authority” to France. But the plan has backfired, giving strategic opportunity to China, and opening the gates to African change.
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
EARLY WARNING | How Societies Cope: Through New Allegiances
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
CURRENT ESTIMATE | Implications of US Joining the War on Boko Haram
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
The Middle East: The Khorasan Pledge
How the Great Intra-Muslim War Now Underway Could Re-Shape Much of the Middle East
STRATEGIC PHILOSOPHY
Approaches to the Post-Western Era: A Blank Canvas Awaits Its Artist
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Boko Haram: A New Textbook Case in Handling Civil Unrest?
Is the northern Nigerian Boko Haram movement being defeated by the Nigerian Armed Forces, or are the Armed Forces being destroyed by Boko Haram? The answer may be neither, either, both, or something else again. But the issue is of profound importance to Nigeria, Africa, and the world.
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS